India is China's economic equal? Bah!

India is China's economic equal? Bah!

CHINA versus INDIA
ECONOMY/SCALE	Units	Year	China	India	China to India ratio
Population	Million	2003	1288	1064	1.2
GDP (PPP)	$ billion	2003	6090	2908	2.1
Per capita GDP growth	%	1980-2004	8.2	3.7	2.2
Share of manufacturing in GDP	%	2003	39	16	2.4
Living standards
Per capita GNP (PPP)	$	2003	4980	2880	1.7
Life expectancy	Years	2002	71	63	1.1
Female adult literacy rate	%	2003	87	45	1.9
Under 5 mortality	Per 1000	2003	37	87	0.4
Under 5 malnutrition	%	1995-2003	12.1	45.8	0.3
Poverty ratio (% below $1 a day)		2001 & 2000	16.6	34.7	0.5
INFRASTRUCTURE
Electricity production	Billion kwh	2002	1640.5	596.5	2.7
Goods hauled (Railways)	Ton-km billions	2002	1508.7	333.2	4.5
Container traffic (ports)	Millions	2003	61.62	3.9	15.7
Air freight	Ton-km millions	2003	5650.6	580.0	9.7
Telephones (land + Mobile)	Per 1000	2003	424	71	6.0
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Merchandise exports	$ billion	2004	593.4	80.8	7.3
Service exports	$ billion	2004	62.4	51.3	1.2
FDI inflow	$ billion	2004	60.6	5.5	11.0
Tourist arrivals	Millions	2003	33.0	2.4	13.8
Forex reserves	$ billion	2004	614.5	135.2	4.5

Sources: World
Development Indicators (2005); Institute of International Finance, RBI
and CSO. 2004 data for India refer to the fiscal year 2004-05.